The Spectre Watches Over Her (2017)
A reaction to the seminal text by Swiss anthropologist Paul Wirz, Exorcism and the Art of Healing in Ceylon, this silent, high contrast, hand-processed film considers a history of colonialism and ethnographic practices in South Asia. The filmmakers restages a Sanni Yakuma healing ritual that was performed over a 12-hour period.
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It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
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How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.
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An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
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